Preferences in the Future

Environmental economics has been much occupied with the discount rate, which is the value of future costs and benefits relative to present costsor benefits. But at least as important is the question of whatshould be discounted, that is, what the value of those future environmentalbenefits is to future generations. This paper analyzes the role for futurepreferences and discusses the state of knowledge. I argue that theappropriate discount rate is the market one, and that the real problemis determining future willingness-to-pay. This approach makes clearerthe connection between discounting and the valuation debate.This paper focuses on two features that have been prominent in that debate:existence value and reference dependence. I argue that thereis a vital connection between the two constructs and that this link yieldsimportant implications for future willingness-to-pay.     

Nonresponse in Contingent Valuation-reducing uncertainty in value inference

This paper focuses on problems associated with nonresponse in Contingent Valuation surveys. The results from a telephone follow-up survey show that value inference can be considerably improved by information on nonrespondents' attitudes.     

企业承担生态责任:构建和谐社会的第一步

环境污染事故频频爆发,人们开始关注企业的生态责任。本文从“压缩型”工业化给我国带来的“复合型”环境问题说起,探讨了企业生态责任与和谐社会构建的关系,认为企业承担生态责任是构建和谐社会的第一步。同时,运用企业生态责任战略地图模板,分析指出企业承担生态责任从长期看能够增加企业价值,并探讨了应如何增强企业的生态责任意识。     

绿色财务管理的短期均衡分析

当前,生态问题日趋严重,这种状况的形成主要是人类自身行为造成的,人们虽然已经越来越多地认识到其危害性,但是在经济利益的驱使下,人类的这种破坏行为并没有真正停止或减少。作为微观经济主体的企业,它的行为对生态问题的影响非常重要,所以必须改变企业的经济行为。作为经济主体其目标就是为了获取经济利益,只有保证其有一定经济利益的情况下,来改变其行为以利于解决生态问题才是可行的。鉴于此,本文从市场上各类企业的经济行为特点入手,来探讨解决问题的途径。     

中小家族企业的创新经济学分析

创新经济学将技术创新在企业、研究机构等经济体中的发展作为主要研究对象,企业家的创新同样也是增长的动力;对我国一些地区中小家族企业的调研表明,立足于新技术、新管理和创新人才的支持是加入世界贸易组织后企业创新的进展。本文结合实际材料,对这两方面的研究展开了分析。     

Researching Preferences,Valuation and Hypothetical Bias

A number of recent papers in environmental economics have focused on the process of researching preferences – agents are uncertain about preferences but with effort may narrow their uncertainty. This issue has arisen in formulating bids in contingent valuation (CV) as well as the debate over the divergence between WTP and WTA. In the context of CV, it has been suggested that the hypothetical nature of the preference elicitation process biases responses. This paper provides both a theoretical model and experimental evidence to contribute to this debate. The model is a model of competitive bidding for a private good with two components that are particularly relevant to the debate. The first component is that bidders are unsure of their own value for the private good but may purchase information about their own value (researching preferences). The second component is that there is a probability that the auction is hypothetical – that the winning bidder will not get the private good and will not pay the winning bid. The experiment tests this theoretical model of bidding equilibrium and analyzes the effects of variations in the parameters (hypotheticalness, information costs and number of agents) on the endogenous variables (such as the proportion of bidders who become informed and the winning bid). Experimental results suggest that an increase in the hypotheticalness of an auction tends to decrease the likelihood that bidders pay for information on their valuation with an ambiguous effect on the winning bid.      

技术型跨国企业实施知识产权战略的动因探析

知识产权战略作为技术型跨国企业的重要竞争战略,企业在实施该战略时有其内在和外在的动因。分析知识产权战略与企业战略及其他职能战略的内在联系,揭示技术型跨国企业实施知识产权战略的内在动因;分析国际经济和贸易环境的变化、技术进步带来的影响,揭示技术型跨国企业实施知识产权战略的外在动因。     

浅析企业财务控制

财务控制是企业财务管理的重要内容,加强企业财务控制是一个经久不衰的论题,也是现代企业需要解决的重要问题。文章从分析财务控制的概念、地位等方面入手,归纳和总结出部分企业财务控制的方法和企业财务管理的激励机制,对加强企业财务控制提供参考。     

优秀企业贯彻卓越绩效评价准则标准探析

文章认为,优秀企业贯彻卓越绩效评价准则标准将有助于进一步完善管理体系、全面提升产品竞争力、实现经营业绩的跨越式发展。如何引导优秀企业导入卓越绩效模式,实现其从优秀到卓越的质的跨越,需要企业按照卓越绩效评价准则标准在领导、战略、顾客与市场、资源、过程管理、测量分析与改进、经营结果等7个方面切实贯彻各项要求。     

医药营销战略风险评价与控制

本文通过A-FA法评价了医药企业在营销战略实施过程中的风险,建立了相应的风险等级,并提出了风险防范措施。